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Pyrite from
Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


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Pyrite

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite, etc.

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite, etc.

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite, etc.

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite, etc.

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite, etc.

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrite, etc.

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcocite9
Cuprite8
Quartz6
- var Amethyst3
Garnet Group1
Arsenopyrite1
K Feldspar1
Axinite Group1
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:691181
Long-form Identifier:1:3:691181:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheal Tolvan (Wheal Tolvaen), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘWheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘWheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘWheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘLoe Warren Zawn, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘWheal Tolvan (Wheal Tolvaen), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSpearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘWheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘLevant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘWheal Castle, Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘGeevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Carne, J. (1822) On the relative age of the veins of Cornwall. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 2. 49-128
Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford.
 
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